Global Ocean Currents NetCDF Format Description Version 3

Feature Type: Trajectory Profile

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Global Attribute Section
Attribute Name	Attribute Value
acknowledgment	The most important contributors are the collectors of the original data. Without their efforts, this compilation of data would not have been possible. These data were acquired from the US NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). This work was supported by the NCEI management.
cdm_data_type	Trajectory
comment	Originator's (level 1) data that have been processed and stored in the NetCDF format in compliance with the CF and ACDD conventions.
contributor_name	S.Wijffels and J.Church
contributor_role	data originator
Conventions	CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3
creator_email	Charles.Sun@noaa.gov
creator_institution	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
creator_name	Charles Sun
creator_type	person
creator_url	http://www.ncei.noaa.gov/gocd/
date_created	2016-08-10T15:03:05Z
date_issued	2016-08-10T15:03:05Z
date_metadata_modified	2016-08-10T15:03:05Z
date_modified	2016-08-10T15:03:05Z
featureType	trajectoryProfile
geospatial_bounds	POLYGON(( -32.0027 111.8413, -20.3013 111.8413, -20.3013 116.6480, -32.0027 116.6480, -32.0027 111.8413))
geospatial_bounds_crs	EPSG:4326
geospatial_bounds_vertical_crs	EPSG:4326
geospatial_lat_min	-32.0027
geospatial_lat_max	-20.3013
geospatial_lon_min	111.8413
geospatial_lon_max	116.6480
geospatial_lat_units	degrees_north
geospatial_lat_resolution	point
geospatial_lon_units	degrees_east
geospatial_lon_resolution	point
geospatial_vertical_min	20.
geospatial_vertical_max	300.
geospatial_vertical_units	meters
geospatial_vertical_resolution	point
geospatial_vertical_positive	down
history	2016-08-10T15:03:05Z csun updateJASADCPnc.R Version 1.0, 2016-05-26T12:37:01Z csun updateGOCD.R Version 3.0, Thu Jan 7 14:06:13 2016: ncatted -a valid_max,seafloor_depth,d,, ../V3/a0000755/gocd_a0000755_00555v3.nc, Thu Jan 7 14:06:13 2016: ncatted -a valid_min,seafloor_depth,d,, ../V3/a0000755/gocd_a0000755_00555v3.nc, Thu Jan 7 14:06:13 2016: ncatted -a missing_value,seafloor_depth,d,, ../V3/a0000755/gocd_a0000755_00555v3.nc, Thu Jan 7 14:06:13 2016: ncatted -a missing_value,sampling_interval,d,, ../V3/a0000755/gocd_a0000755_00555v3.nc, 2016-01-07T14:01:54Z csun updateGOCD.R Version 1.0, 2014-12-15T20:16:32Z csun convJASADCP.f90 Version 1.0
id	0093183
institution	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
instrument	VM-150(NB)
instrument_vocabulary	NCEI Ocean Archive System database
keywords	EARTH SCIENCE,OCEANS,OCEAN CIRCULATION,OCEAN CURRENTS
keywords_vocabulary	GCMD Science Keywords
license	These data are openly available to the public Please acknowledge the use of these data with the text given in the acknowledgment attribute.
metadata_link	http://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/OAS/prd/text/query
naming_authority	gov.noaa.ncei
platform	franklin
platform_vocabulary	NCEI Ocean Archive System database
processing_level	Level 2
product_version	GOCD 3.0
program	unknown
project	WOCE (Special Survey)
publisher_email	NCEI.info@noaa.gov
publisher_institution	US DOC; NESDIS; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION - IN295
publisher_name	US DOC; NESDIS; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION - IN295
publisher_type	institution
publisher_url	http://www.ncei.noaa.gov
references	http://www.ncei.noaa.gov/
source	global ocean currents in the NCEI archive holdings
standard_name_vocabulary	NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Convention
summary	global ocean currents in the NCEI archive holdings
time_coverage_start	1996-06-01T03:49:00Z
time_coverage_end	1996-06-10T21:00:00Z
time_coverage_duration	P0Y009DT17H11M00S
time_coverage_resolution	R000234/1996-06-01T03:49:00Z/P0Y009DT17H11M00
title	Global Ocean Currents Database - gocd_a0000755_00555v3.nc
ncei_template_version	NCEI_NetCDF_TrajectoryProfile_Orthogonal_Template_v2.0
gocd_id	gocd_a0000755_00555v3.nc
gocd_format_version	GOCD-3.0
uuid	add23cd7-0dea-4edb-afe1-4fea89c37e44

Variable Metadata Section
Variable ID Number	Variable Name	Variable Type	Number of Attributes	Number of Dimensions
1	crs	int	6	0
2	depth	float	11	1
3	latitude	float	10	1
4	longitude	float	10	1
5	time	double	12	1
6	u	float	15	2
7	v	float	15	2

Data Metadata Section
Variable Name (Dimension Name(s))	Variable Type	Attribute Name	Attribute Value
crs	int
		long_name	Coordinate Reference System
		grid_mapping_name	latitude_longitude
		epsg_code	EPSG:4326
		longitude_of_prime_meridian	0.0
		semi_major_axis	6378137.0
		inverse_flattening	298.257223563
depth ( z )	float
		long_name	Depth
		units	meters
		valid_min	0.f
		valid_max	15000.f
		data_min	20.
		data_max	300.
		C_format	%7.2f
		FORTRAN_format	F7.2
		positive	down
		standard_name	depth
		coverage_content_type	coordinate
latitude ( obs )	float
		_FillValue	9999.9f
		long_name	Latitude
		standard_name	latitude
		units	degrees_north
		grid_mapping	crs
		data_min	-32.0027
		data_max	-20.3013
		valid_min	-90.
		valid_max	90.
		coverage_content_type	coordinate
longitude ( obs )	float
		_FillValue	9999.9f
		long_name	Longitude
		standard_name	longitude
		units	degrees_east
		grid_mapping	crs
		data_min	111.8413
		data_max	116.648
		valid_min	-180.
		valid_max	180.
		coverage_content_type	coordinate
time ( obs )	double
		long_name	time
		standard_name	time
		units	days since 1900-01-01 00:00:00Z
		axis	T
		ancillary_variables	time_quality_flag
		data_min	2450235.65902778
		data_max	2450245.375
		C_format	%9.4f
		FORTRAN_format	F9.4
		calendar	julian
		cf_role	profile_id
		coverage_content_type	coordinate
u ( obs , z )	float
		long_name	Eastward Velocity Component
		standard_name	eastward_sea_water_velocity
		units	m s-1
		coordinates	time latitude longitude depth
		grid_mapping	crs
		cell_methods	time:point z:point
		ancillary_variables	u_quality_flag
		data_min	-0.662
		data_max	1.16700004577637
		valid_min	-5.
		valid_max	5.
		C_format	%7.4f
		FORTRAN_format	F7.4
		_FillValue	9999.9f
		coverage_content_type	physicalMeasurement
v ( obs , z )	float
		long_name	Northward Velocity Component
		standard_name	northward_sea_water_velocity
		units	m s-1
		coordinates	time latitude longitude depth
		grid_mapping	crs
		cell_methods	time:point z:point
		ancillary_variables	v_quality_flag
		data_min	-1.034
		data_max	0.563
		valid_min	-5.
		valid_max	5.
		C_format	%7.4f
		FORTRAN_format	F7.4
		_FillValue	9999.9f
		coverage_content_type	physicalMeasurement